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JBS posts large loss, announces reorganization

By Reuters May 12, 2016

Brasilia | Reuters –– Brazilian meat packer JBS posted a much larger-than-expected first-quarter loss on Thursday, but its shares jumped the day after it announced a corporate reorganization to bring together international operations. JBS, the world’s biggest meat packer, lost 2.741 billion reais (C$1.02 billion) on currency hedging costs and poor results on the company’s […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Olymel to expand Quebec, Ontario poultry plants

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 10, 2016

La Coop federee’s meat processing arm Olymel plans “major investment” to boost production capacity two of its poultry plants in Eastern Canada. The company on Tuesday said it would put up $10 million to install an air chilling room at its primary chicken processing plant at St-Damase, just south of St-Hyacinthe in Quebec’s Monteregie. The […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

A+W books further sales growth, shifts bacon sourcing

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff May 7, 2016

Canadian burger and root beer chain A+W has logged a 12th straight quarter of same-store sales growth, this time following a shift in pork sourcing for its bacon supply. The Vancouver-based income fund on Tuesday reported gross sales of $243.8 million among the 838 restaurants in its royalty pool for its first quarter ending March […] Read more

October 2019 saw strong domestic and export demand for beef.

General, Markets, Reuters

World food prices edge up in April

By Reuters May 5, 2016

Rome | Reuters — World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

By Reuters May 4, 2016

Reuters — Canadian meat processor Maple Leaf Foods reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher earnings in its prepared meats business. Adjusted operating earnings in the meat products segment rose nearly eight-fold to $61.3 million in the Toronto company’s first quarter, helped by lower operating costs and price increases. The company, whose brands include […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

By Tom Polansek May 3, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. authorities destroyed 39,000 turkeys in Missouri due to an outbreak of a mild form of avian flu, the World Organization for Animal Health said on Tuesday, as officials remained on alert for new cases. State authorities also have begun a quarantine and taken surveillance measures around the farm in Jasper […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 29, 2016

Cases of avian flu in commercial poultry in the U.S. and Mexico earlier this year are believed to have come from wild birds, which are now migrating north for the season, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency warned Friday. Avian influenza spreads when wild birds come into contact with commercial/small flocks, the agency said, urging producers […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Whole Foods wins dismissal of PETA lawsuit over meat claims

By jonathan-stempel April 27, 2016

Reuters — Whole Foods Market won the dismissal of a lawsuit by a well-known animal rights group that accused the grocery chain of deceiving consumers into believing the meat it sells is raised more humanely than normal, resulting in overcharges. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said the use by Whole Foods of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

By Sharon Bernstein April 21, 2016

Sacramento | Reuters — California communities where a wet winter has filled reservoirs and begun ameliorating the state’s catastrophic four-year drought begged water regulators on Wednesday to reduce or eliminate emergency conservation measures imposed last year. Facing pushback from aggravated consumers under the ongoing rules, water utilities say they will have little credibility asking for […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Costco plans chicken plant in Nebraska

By Michael Hirtzer, Nathan Layne, GFM Network News April 18, 2016

Reuters — Costco Wholesale Corp. is considering building a poultry-processing plant in Nebraska, according to a local development council, a move that would give the retailer tighter control over its chicken supplies. The facility, if built in Nebraska’s Dodge County, would create 1,100 jobs, work with local chicken farmers and invest $180 million in the […] Read more

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Poultry

JBS posts large loss, announces reorganization

Olymel to expand Quebec, Ontario poultry plants

A+W books further sales growth, shifts bacon sourcing

World food prices edge up in April

Maple Leaf dishes up first-quarter profit

U.S. kills 39,000 turkeys in low-path bird flu outbreak

Poultry at risk for avian flu during migration

Whole Foods wins dismissal of PETA lawsuit over meat claims

California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions

Costco plans chicken plant in Nebraska

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